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All Of Roger Goodell's Lies And Half-Truths About Ray Rice (So Far)
It's honestly getting very difficult to keep track of all the things that Roger Goodell has said this week that have turned out to be either patently false or extremely unlikely to be true. Let's see if we can put them all down in once place....
NFL Team Security Job Description Is Basically "Security-Footage Getter"
The NFL and Roger Goodell have claimed repeatedly there was no effort made to get the Revel Casino's elevator surveillance footage directly from the casino itself. (Goodell said he believed that would be illegal, something refuted by the New Jersey Attorney General's office the next day.) Here comes...
California Golf Coach Attempted To Order Hits On Children He Molested
California junior golf coach Andrew Nisbet, who was charged with over 65 counts of child molestation last December, tried to have two of his victims killed by a hitman while he was in jail, according to investigators....
Keith Olbermann Blows Up On The NFL Yet Again
Another day, another handful of revelations evincing the NFL's tone-deaf, irresponsible handling of the Ray Rice situation, another opportunity for Keith Olbermann to expose it all at 5 p.m. EDT....
The Only Thing Unusual About Ray And Janay Rice Is That Anyone Noticed
One of my first homicide stories as a young crime reporter was about a woman killed by her boyfriend. One of my last stories as a crime reporter was about a woman killed by her husband. In between, there were too many dead women to count. A few stand out in memory, the ones whose deaths were especia...
The Latest Excuse For Roger Goodell Is Offensive Horseshit
In the latest seriously-fucked-up development in the NFL's handling of the Ray Rice investigation, the league appears to be trying to shift the blame to Janay Rice—and in doing so, restates its woeful inability to grasp even the most basic concepts of domestic violence....
Something Very Weird Happened During ESPN's Interview With Bill Polian
Former NFL executive Bill Polian was brought onto SportsCenter this morning to give some insight into the NFL's bungling of the Ray Rice situation. He was specifically asked if he, as someone who has worked in the NFL office, thought it was possible for an NFL executive to have obtained a copy of ...
Rory McIlroy: Tiger And Phil Are "Into The Back Nine Of Their Careers"
The Tour Championship begins today, and it's the first time since 1992 that neither Tiger Woods nor Phil Mickelson qualified. We are, by any reasonable observer, toward the tail-end of a generational torch-passing at the top. The world's No. 1 certainly qualifies as a reasonable observer....
Is Jaguars WR Allen Hurns For Real?
Here's what we know about Jaguars wide receiver Allen Hurns: He's an undrafted rookie out of Miami, and he had 110 yards and two touchdowns against the Eagles in his first regular-season game. And that's about it. But a debut performance like that will land you a heap of attention, from casual fans ...
Hey, Roger, Get The Fuck Out
So, this is all fairly simple now. Thanks to an AP report that contradicted every shitty, lawyered-up statement that he made on national TV this week, Roger Goodell is a proven liar. No one in the NFL saw the Ray Rice elevator tape? LIE. Couldn't legally obtain the tape? LIE. Didn't know what ...
Congress Asks Roger Goodell To Explain Himself
Members of the House Judiciary Committee sent a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell today, demanding more transparency of the league's handling of the Ray Rice case and of its standing policies regarding domestic violence....
Keith Olbermann: Roger Goodell Needs To Be Fired
Keith Olbermann had another chance to tear apart Roger Goodell tonight, not calling for his resignation, but for the NFL commissioner to be fired in light of today's AP report that the NFL received the Ray Rice elevator footage in April....
Goodell Was Wrong When He Said Casino Couldn't Have Given Up Rice Video
In his letter to owners yesterday, Roger Goodell addressed the question of why (in his version of events) the NFL never approached the Revel Casino about getting a copy of the surveillance tape....
That Water Isn't Going To Carry Itself
Roger Goodell has canceled a scheduled appearance at a banquet tonight honoring Panthers owner Jerry Richardson, leading Pro Football Talk to conclude: "But at least he's not going to allow his presence to be a distraction on a night when one of his biggest supporters is being honored." Pravda was l...
Report: NFL Received Ray Rice Video In April
According to the Associated Press, the NFL in April received a DVD containing the surveillance video of Ray Rice slugging his fiancée, despite Roger Goodell claiming repeatedly that no one in the league had seen it before this week....
Lil Baby Bear Has Itself A Good-Ass Time On A Golf Course
This bear is both cool and good. This bear is just hanging out on a golf green when it suddenly notices the flag pin. Oh. Oh damn. What's going on with this flag thing over here? ...
Here Are The Questions The NFL Should Answer
Earlier today, as part of our ongoing reporting of the Ray Rice story, we sent a list of questions to an NFL official. Some of them were raised by the league's investigation of Rice, others by league commissioner Roger Goodell's lawyerly performance in an interview with CBS yesterday....